USC Scripter Awards
USC Scripter Awards: ‘American Fiction’ and ‘Slow Horses’ Take Top Honors
The writers behind the feature American Fiction and the TV adaptation Slow Horses took home the top honors at the USC Scripter Awards, which honors the best adapted projects of the year. Both the original authors as well as the screenwriters share the award. Author Percival Everett, whose 2001 novel Erasure inspired American Fiction, joined […]
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USC Scripter Awards: ‘Origin’ Among Five Nominees for Best Film Adaptation
Origin, a film with a script by Ava DuVernay that was inspired by Isabel Wilkerson’s bestselling book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, broke through with a nomination for the USC Scripter Award for best film adaptation, the USC Libraries revealed on Wednesday. Origin will compete for the honor against four higher-profile Oscar contenders: American […]
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USC Scripter Awards: ‘Women Talking’ and ‘Slow Horses’ Named Best Adaptations
United Artists’ Women Talking and Apple TV+’s Slow Horses won the top honors at the 2023 USC Libraries Scripter Awards on Saturday night. The 35th annual Scripter Awards were held at USC’s Edward L. Doheny, Jr. Memorial Library — a return to an in-person ceremony after two virtual celebrations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Scripter […]
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USC Scripter Awards: ‘Top Gun,’ ‘Pinocchio’ Adaptations Land Unexpected Noms
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Living, She Said, Top Gun: Maverick and Women Talking are the film nominees, and episodes of The Crown, Fleishman Is in Trouble, Slow Horses, Tokyo Vice and Under the Banner of Heaven are the TV finalists, for the 35th USC Scripter Awards, the USC Libraries announced on Wednesday. The most notable […]
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USC Scripter Awards: ‘The Lost Daughter’ and ‘Dopesick’ Named Best Adaptations
The Lost Daughter and Dopesick took top honors at the 34th annual — and second virtual — USC Libraries Scripter Awards on Saturday night. The Scripter Awards celebrate the best printed-word-to-screen adaptations. Both authors and screenwriters were celebrated. Therefore, The Lost Daughter screenwriter Maggie Gyllenhaal and Elena Ferrante, the author of the novel of the same […]
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USC Scripter Awards: ‘Passing’ Among Film Nominees; ‘Station Eleven’ a TV Finalist
Dune, The Lost Daughter, Passing, The Power of the Dog and The Tragedy of Macbeth are the film nominees, and episodes of Dopesick, Maid, Station Eleven, The Underground Railroad and WandaVision are the TV finalists for 2022’s USC Scripter Awards, the USC Libraries announced on Wednesday. The “Scripters” are an annual black-tie fundraiser for the […]
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USC Scripter Awards: ‘Nomadland’ and ‘Queen’s Gambit’ Named Best Adaptations
The Scripter Award and the best adapted screenplay Oscar have gone to the same project on 14 occasions over the past 32 years.
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USC Announces Film and TV Scripter Award Nominees
The Scripter Award and the best adapted screenplay Oscar have gone to the same project on 14 occasions over the past 32 years.
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‘Little Women,’ ‘Fleabag’ Win USC Scripter Awards
The USC Libraries on Saturday celebrated the year's best adaptations from literary materials at its 32nd annual Scripter Awards.
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USC Scripter Awards: ‘Irishman,’ ‘Watchmen’ Among Film and TV Finalists
Good news for the best adapted screenplay Oscar campaigns for 'Dark Waters,' 'The Irishman,' 'Jojo Rabbit,' 'Little Women' and 'The Two Popes': They are the five finalists for the 32nd annual USC Scripter Award for best film adaptation, the USC Libraries announced Wednesday.
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‘Leave No Trace,’ ‘A Very English Scandal’ Win at USC Scripter Awards
'Leave No Trace' and 'A Very English Scandal' on Saturday night took top honors at the 31st annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards, which are bestowed upon the best printed-word-to-film adaptations. Both authors and screenwriters were celebrated, as is custom at the awards, which were handed out at the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library.
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‘Black Panther,’ ‘If Beale Street Could Talk,’ ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Among USC Scripter Award Finalists
The USC Libraries have named the finalists for the 31st annual Scripter Awards, which recognize movie and TV screenwriters alongside the authors of the original works they adapted.
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